In Media Res #1 — Scratch Cassette
Here at AudioVisual Preservation Solutions we scour the world for microtrends so you don’t have to. More efficient access to YouTube time-wasters means more things to waste time on.
This week, cassette scratching from France.
A little of the first goes a long way, but check out the unhousing of a tape about a minute in on this next one.
Sigh. Another example of feeling one’s age through the familiar becoming retro nostalgic chic.
— Joshua Ranger
(Thumbs up to likecool.com for pointing these out)
I never thought of doing any of this INTENTIONALLY!
Fantastic!
Ha ha! Well I don’t know…Maybe this means we can treat things with greater impunity. Or at least chalk up any miscues to artistic expression.
Rad! I love the use of the rotary phone dial.
For further tape manipulation madness, you should really check out Brooklyn’s own, Nonhorse:
http://nonhorse.com/TapeSystem.html
I’ve seen him a few times in the local ‘noise scene’, or what have you, and once you get past the novelty, it is quite enjoyable/mind opening…